US 12,273,332 B2
Secondary authentication platform for facilitating a multi-factor authentication and methods for use therewith
Marcin Szary, Cracow (PL); and Tomasz Kowalski, Cracow (PL)
Assigned to Secfense Sp. z.o.o, Cracow (PL)
Filed by Secfense Sp. z o.o., Cracow (PL)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,947.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,851, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0102434 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/08 (2013.01) [H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 2463/082 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A secondary authentication platform comprises:
a network interface configured to facilitate communications between a client device and an application server via a network;
at least one processor;
a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations that include:
probing, via the network interface, the application server by imitating an authentication process associated with a first authentication factor;
generating, via a learning function and in response to the imitating the authentication process associated with the first authentication factor, authentication pattern data associated with the first authentication factor;
monitoring data transmissions from a client device that are directed to the application server;
determining when the authentication data matches the authentication pattern data by identifying authentication data associated with the first authentication factor in the data transmissions from the client device based on a comparison of the authentication data to the authentication pattern data;
when the authentical data matches the authentication pattern data, blocking the authentication data associated with the first authentication factor and communicating with the client device via the network interface to authenticate a user of the client device to the secondary authentication platform via a second authentication factor; and
when the user of the client device is authenticated to the secondary authentication platform via the second authentication factor, forwarding the authentication data to the application server to authenticate the user of the client device to the application server via the authentication process associated with the first authentication factor.